Constable Boipelo Senoge, Constable Cebekhulu Linda and Constable Keamogetswe Buys were travelling in a white VW polo sedan from Bloemfontein to their area of deployment in Limpopo when they went missing.
Image: Graphic: Se-Anne Rall
"I believe the national commissioner and his team are doing everything to bring them back, alive. That is all I pray for. Just bring back my wife alive."
These were the words of the husband of missing police constable, 30-year-old Keamogetswe Buys, Lwazi Thepa who joined families of the other missing police officers and the SA Police Service (SAPS) in appealing for their safe return.
Missing Constable Keamogetswe Buys, aged 30.
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The three police constables, Buys, 20-year-old Constable Boipelo Senoge, and 24-year-old Cebekhulu Linda were last seen in Gauteng in the early hours of Thursday, before they mysteriously vanished. They were travelling from Free State, via Gauteng and heading to Limpopo.
Missing Constable Boipelo Senoge, aged 20.
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The officers were travelling in a Volkswagen Polo, when they vanished. The car has not been found.
National police commissioner, General Fannie Masemola has announced a R350 000 reward for information which can lead to the missing police officers being found.
Constable Linda was represented at a recent media briefing by his uncle Sipho Linda, who also appealed for the police officers' return.
Missing Constable Cebekhulu Linda, aged 24.
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"Yes, we had questions and we still have questions but most of our questions were answered by the national commissioner. They have given us the commitment that they are not resting, they are following every lead to try and find our children.
"We just want to appeal to the public out there that as the national commissioner and the premier have indicated, anybody with information, nothing happens unnoticed nowadays, somebody must have seen something, somebody must know something. Consider these your kids as well. They were doing a job to protect the community. They were there to serve you," the uncle pleaded.
Constable Senoge's father, Paul Senoge also added his voice to the plea.
"We are only appealing for the children to be returned. Probably it was a hijacking of the vehicle, please allow us to see our family members. If you were close, or if you know anything that happened, please go to the police station near you and report," he said.
Masemola addressed journalists in Bloemfontein on Sunday, flanked by senior officials including Free State Premier Maqueen Letsoha-Mathae and deputy national police commissioner for crime detection, Lieutenant General Shadrack Sibiya.
"We are hopeful and we will find whoever is behind this. On that score, we have put out a reward of R350 000 for any information on the whereabouts of our members, and the whereabouts of those criminals that are behind the disappearance of our own," he said.
Cape Times